Overlapping Images

My grade 10 painting class was investigating the works of Cubist and Futurist painters and was set a task of visually deconstructing an object from home in a drawing, then reconstructing the images to form a composition for a painting. The aim wasn’t particularly to focus on details, but more the shapes, both positive and negative, that made up the form. With various images overlapping, the students then chose a simple colour scheme to differentiate the various shapes. Each student took their own approach to the painting style; some painted with flat areas of colour while others were more tonal. The only insistence was that the colours were mixed and not straight from the bottle. The end results were visually strong and certainly showed an alternative approach toward observation drawing.